Having a child with a disability

When Andy was born, I was the happiest woman on the planet. I cried when I saw his beautiful face and his little body, I will never forget that moment. We stayed at a hospital for three days. When I came back from the hospital the first night, Andy did not do anything and just cried all night. I do not know what to do, this is my first child, I do not know how to calm him. I called the doctor, but he explained to me that this is the normal behavior of the newborn, he just had to adapt to the new environment.

From the experience of the family and the results of the survey we learned that children with disabilities have the ability to influence the whole family. This includes that child's brothers and sisters. Many authors and researchers spelled eloquently how the presence of obstacles would affect the relationship between brothers and sisters and brothers and sisters. According to brothers and sisters themselves, this influence varies from person to person. But their story has a common thread. For many, this experience is a positive and rich experience that teaches them to accept others. Some people are actively involved in parents taking care of handicapped children. It is not unusual for brothers to be enthusiastic guardians, to become supporters of brothers and sisters with special needs, or to protect the greatest interests of his or her learning or development.

Because there are differences in families who do not adapt to children with special needs, it is clear that families have many changes that adapt well to children with learning disabilities. From an ecological and cultural point of view, the child's "fitness" in the family (Feagans et al., 1991) may be a more appropriate risk or protective measure. To determine 'fitness', Feagans asked parents to evaluate the behavioral characteristics they think are not particularly desirable and then evaluate the extent to which these characteristics are evident for children It was. By doing so, researchers can create "low fit" and "high fit" subgroups for families with or without learning disabilities. Especially children of short stature family show behavior and accomplishment in poor classrooms, especially for learning disabled children